Correction:Santa has a harness that holds eight reindeer. Rudolph is needed in the front to lead the way. Since he has never pulled with the team before, it would be easier for him to be solo in the front, hence 7 deer total.

Corrected entry: When Rudolph and his friends are on the Island of Misfit Toys, the toys are singing a song about being misfits. Then some of the toys start explaining why they are misfits. The bird says that he cannot fly...only swim. Then at the very end after Santa has picked up the toys from the Island and is delivering them, there is an elf giving each misfit toy an umbrella and letting them drop to the ground. When he pulls the bird out he doesn't give him an umbrella...just lets him drop out. Now if he doesn't fly, just swim...what becomes of this poor bird?

Correction:During the scene at the end, we see that the owl does fly away. He lacked confidence to fly earlier in the show, per the show's producers.